They answered, “John the Baptist; but others, Elijah; and still others, that one of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.
and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him.”
In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,
King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’s name had become known. Some were saying, “John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him.”
But others said, “It is Elijah.” And others said, “It is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
Once when Jesus was praying alone, with only the disciples near him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered, “The Messiah of God.”
And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
They asked him, “Why, then, are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
When they heard these words, some in the crowd said, “This is really the prophet.”
So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” He said, “He is a prophet.”